Legal Opinion
Loucks v. Standard Oil Co.
New York Supreme Court
Decided December 15, 1915Published
Motion by defendant for judgment on tbe pleadings.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, J.
This is an action brought by the administrators of the estate of Everett A. Loucks, deceased, *476against the above named defendant for damages for the death of plaintiffs’ intestate caused, as it is alleged, by the negligence of the defendant.
The accident occurred in the state of Massachusetts, but the intestate was at the time of his death a resident of Wayne county.
The action is brought under what is known as the Death Statute of Massachusetts, being section 2 of chapter 171 of the Revised Laws of that state, as amended by chapter 375 of the Laws of 1907, and that statute reads as follows: “…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Leonard v. . Columbia Steam Navigation Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1881
- McCarthy v. William H. Wood Lumber Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Strauss v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
- Pensabene v. F. & J. Auditore Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913